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Lambton farmer fights Chinese imports with own crop

QMI Agency

Monday, September 22, 2014
10:09:01 EDT AM

An Alvinston-area farming operation, owned by Jacob MacKellar, is being credited as being Canada's first producer of 100% naturally-grown edamame. Right now, almost all of the edamame sold in Canada originates in China. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Owner is Jacob MacKellar who says while many Canadians balk at buying other produce, such as apples, from China, they don’t give a second thought to the origins of their edamame.

“We’re a fourth-generation Canadian farm that proudly distributes a premium legume from our own backyard,” said MacKellar. “Our family saw an opportunity ripe for the picking in edamame. With the vast majority of edamame coming from China, we thought – why not replace the imports with something that’s local and Canadian?”